I had to say goodbye to someone today. Someone who has been very important to me for a while now. It was hard. Very hard. After we said our goodbye and I turned and walked away it felt like my heart had sunk to the ground and I was dragging it along behind me. Scraping the sidewalk and causing aching incurable pain...

With each goodbye I have to say, it gets harder and harder and I feel more and more pain.

-Joshua 1:9-
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."